Georgia students push to change name of school named for Confederate general, Alabama congressman
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 17, 2020
Staff of the 1st US Volunteer Regiment, the Rough Riders in Tampa – Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt is on the right, Leonard Wood is next to him and bearded former Civil War Confederate general Joseph Wheeler is standing in front. Taylor MacDonald is on the far left and Major Alexander Oswald Brodie is next to him.Public Domain
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By Kristal Dixon The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
Students at the center of the campaign to change the name of Wheeler High School in Marietta, Ga. aren’t ready to give up their fight even after Cobb County Board of Education members pulled the plug on their proposal.